Steroid Nation (TM) is an online journal looking at the use of anabolic steroids (and performance enhancing drugs PEDs, HGH, doping) in sports, youth, and society. By Gary Gaffney, M.D., from the University of Iowa, College of Medicine.

04/15/2009

Oregon police chief felled by steroids investigation

Over the years we discussed steroid use among our nation's police forces, which presents a problem if anabolic steroids increase behavioral aggressiveness. Now a police chief in Oregon falls when he fails to aggressively pursue an investigation into his force using illegal anabolic steroids.

The Canby police chief has resigned while
facing possible termination resulting from FBI and city
investigations into whether he concealed or failed to
investigate an officer's steroid abuse.

Greg Kroeplin had been chief of the suburban Portland farming
community since January 2006.

The Oregonian reported the 48-year-old Kroeplin had been on
paid leave since Nov. 17, a day after the Portland newspaper
ran a story with details of the allegations.

The FBI alleged Kroeplin failed to address numerous
complaints about former Officer Jason Deason's steroid
abuse, enabling Deason to buy steroids on the job and in
uniform without any serious investigation.